Brush



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FORDICE CONSENE, OF VATERTO WN, NEV YORK.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,740, dated July 14, 1891.`

Application led February l0, 1891. Serial No. 380,873. (No model.)

4 W'atertown, in the county of Jeifersomin the Vzo State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction and process of constructing brushes.

My object is to deduct a process and produce a device for holding the bristles or hair of the brush Without the use of rivets, by constructing an annular gripping-piece upon the inner face of the socket, cheap in construction and of great utility.

My invention consists in the several novel steps ot process and in the several novel features 'of construction hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the claim herein annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is anisometrical view of the brushsocket with one edge left open for the insertion of the hair or bristles, and showing the annular gripping-piece. Fig. 2 is a View of the bunch of hair cemented or secured together preparatory to being inserted into the socket. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the brush complete. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the brush and handle.

A is the handle of the brush, having a socket B secured thereto for the reception of the bristles, and C is a filler of wood, pulp, or other material, located between the handle and the hair or bristles, to give strength to the y brush. Upon the inner face, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the socket, I construct an annular inwardly-projecting gripping-piece 1 and a similar one 2 at the outer end of the socket. The hair or bristles are first prepared by cernenting or otherwisesecuring them together at their inner end D, as shown in Fig. 2, then forcing them into the socket at the opening a, upon the inner edgethereof. After this I press the socket close about the hair, so that the gripping-piece will irmly hold it. I then fold over the part of the socket o, which has been left open, and solder it, which makes the socket complete.

What I claim is- The herein-described process for manufacturing brushes, consisting in the combination of the socket B, having an annular grippingpiece l, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of February, 1891.

FORDICE CONSENE. 

